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Smart Building Technology

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Aufzughelden

The German company Digital Spine GmbH aims to accelerate digital transformation and automation in the elevator industry and smart building sector and was founded as an independent spin-off from Vestner Digital. Its brand Aufzughelden is a team of elevator experts, IoT developers and specialists in the fields of data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. The diversity makes the team strong: Understanding every elevator by drawing on the experience of 90 years of elevator construction. The potential that lies in automation is leveraged by this. The elevator as the digital backbone of buildings is just the beginning.

Foundation: 2020
Portfolio company since: 2022
Sector: building technology

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Building Technology

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aedifion

aedifion GmbH is a proptech from Cologne and operates the leading cloud platform for the analysis and optimization of smart buildings. With the help of intelligent software, the operating costs of buildings can be reduced, while increasing energy efficiency. They combine the knowledge of engineering and IT in a broad portfolio of solutions for a myriad of customers.

Foundation: 2017
Portfolio company since: 2020
Sector: building technology

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Optical Indoor Positioning

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Accerion

Accerion (Unconstrained Robotics B.V.) is a Dutch based tech startup founded in 2015. Led by Willem-Jan Lamers and Vincent Burg, Accerion has developed a 100% infrastructure free positioning technology for mobile robots that uses the floor as a reference. With its breakthrough optical positioning and navigation technology for autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs), Accerion’s innovation enables effective navigation for mobile robotics and autonomous vehicles, achieving high accuracy without requiring expensive and inflexible infrastructure in the field.

Foundation: 2015
Portfolio company since: 2019
Sector: Optical Indoor Positioning

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Sensor Technology

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eologix

eologix designs and manufactures innovative smart sensor solutions for critical surfaces. Their completely wireless, thin, flexible and energy self-sustaining devices aim the industrialization of smart sensors for challenging applications fields. Their first product, an autonomous and retrofittable thin sensor for icing detection, directly measures the formation of ice on the surface of wind turbine rotor blades with high precision, giving OEMs and Wind Park Operators reliable information about the condition of the rotor blades, reducing downtime and maintenance costs.

Foundation: 2014
Portfolio company since: 2016
Sector: Sensor Technology

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TÜV Austria
DNV-GL
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Exitin 2022

Smart Industrial Communication

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iS5 Communications

iS5 Communications Inc. is a Canadian-based security network company which develops and manufactures intelligent Industrial Ethernet products, services, and solutions for mission critical infrastructure networks. iS5Com’s services and products are key enablers of advanced technology implementation such as the Smart Grid, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Intelligent Oil Field and Internet of Things.

Foundation: 2012
Portfolio company since: 2018
Sector: Critical Infrastructure Networks
Exit: 2022

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Exitin 2018

OT Cyber Security

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Security Matters

Security Matters

SecurityMatters provides critical infrastructure and industrial automation companies with best-of-class industrial cyber resilience technology that enables quick identification and recovery from threats to operational continuity. Based on continuous research and development, innovation and dedication to excellence the company continues to strive and lead the way in industrial cyber resilience.

Foundation: 2009
Portfolio company since: 2016
Sector: Cyber Security
Exit: 2018

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PHOENIX CONTACT Innovation Ventures is pleased to announce the acquisition of its portfolio company SecurityMatters by ForeScout Technologies in November 2018 for approximately $113 million in cash.

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OT Cyber Security

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SIGA

SiGa Data Security (2014) Ltd. (SIGA) is a Israel based tech startup founded in 2014 by Amir Samoiloff and Ilan Gendelman. SIGA’s incipient failure detection solution, SiGaPlatform, monitors electrical signals direct from the source (Level 0) to detect process anomalies caused by misuse, malfunction or even cybersecurity breaches. Without disrupting existing Industrial Control Systems, SIGA’s technology enable industrial, commercial, and critical infrastructure operators to dramatically improve the reliability, safety and cyber security of their assets.

Foundation: 2014
Portfolio company since: 2021 
Sector: OT Cyber Security & Operational Resilience 

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Smart Energy Management System

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urban ENERGY

urban ENERGY is developing an innovative IoT platform for smart cities. The platform takes on a key challenge for electromobility: The increasing number of electric cars and therefore charging stations will lead to increased load peaks and overloaded power grids. As a solution, urban ENERGY has developed software that uses artificial intelligence to connect energy production and consumption. Prediction algorithms determine the best possible loading times. This is done based on continuously recorded key figures such as consumption data and energy supply.

Foundation: 2019
Portfolio company since: 2019
Sector: Smart Energy / Energy Efficiency

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Industrial Wireless Charging

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Wiferion

Founded in 2016 by former scientists of the Fraunhofer Institut ISE, Wiferion (formerly known as Blue Inductive) develops a wireless charging system for industrial applications, like mobile robots, AGVs or electric forklifts. Wiferion’s etaLink technology proposes an innovative approach that addresses the main challenges of implementing wireless charging technologies in industrial applications. With proprietary technology, Wiferion’s systems achieve a high performing and efficient charging process without the need of human interaction.

Foundation: 2016
Portfolio company since: 2017
Sector: Wireless Charging / Energy Storage

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Wind IoT

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WindESCo

WindESCo aims to fill a big gap in the growing wind industry by providing an OEM-independent optimization platform using advanced sensors, cloud-based analytics, and business model innovation. By using proprietary AI-algorithms and IoT-technology, WindESCo turn turbines into sensors, maximizing the energy output, minimizing component damage and extending the lifetime of each wind turbine.

Foundation: 2014
Portfolio company since: 2016
Sector: IoT Analytics

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